DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (May 3, 2021) – The Mercy College softball team plays at Queens in their regular season finale on Tuesday, May 4th at 2:30 p.m.

Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 4th 2:30 & 4:30 p.m.
Records: Mercy (15-11, 14-8 ECC), Queens (3-19, 3-19 ECC)
Location: Flushing, N.Y.

Scouting the Mavericks

• Mercy is coming off 6-4 and 10-8 losses to Molloy on Sunday.
• Mercy was picked to finish 3rd in the ECC Preseason Poll and senior Hannah Mueller was named ECC Preseason Player of the Year.
• Mercy went 5-5 during the 2020 shortened season and went 24-26 during their last full season in 2019 just missing the ECC Tournament.
• The Mavericks have qualified for the ECC Tournament for the first time since 2018 and look to win their first ECC Championship since 2017.
• The Mavericks defeated Queens by scores of 5-4 and 9-1 on April 13th.
• Senior Danielle Burgos was named to the ECC Honor Roll last week and is batting .395 with 20 runs, 14 RBI and eight stolen bases. Junior Alexis Crawford was named ECC Player of the Week on April 5th and is batting .419 on the year with a team-high 39 hits and 21 stolen bases. She also has 23 runs, eight RBI, one double and two triples on the year. Senior Hannah Mueller is batting .413 on the year with seven RBI, 14 runs and two stolen bases. She was named to the ECC Honor Roll on April 5th.
• Junior Ylannah Bowman has a .359 batting average with three home runs, 15 RBI and 12 runs scored and senior Alyssa Guzman has a .291 average with 14 RBI, a home run and eight runs scored.
• Sophomore Sydney Johnston was named ECC Rookie of the Week last week and is batting .323 with 14 RBI to go along with 13 runs and six doubles. Sophomore Samantha Franck has 13 RBI and two home runs on the year.
• Sophomore Alexi Benson leads the Mavericks in the circle with a 7-2 record in 64 innings. Benson has a 2.30 ERA and a team-high 62 strikeouts. She was named ECC Rookie of the Week on April 5th. Junior Katelyn Shephard was named ECC Pitcher of the Week last week and is 1-3 with a 1.75 ERA in 28 innings with 26 strikeouts.
• Junior Catherine Zucker has pitched 22.2 innings of relief and has a 3.40 ERA with 22 strikeouts. She is 2-2 in the circle on the year.

Scouting the Knights

• Queens last played on Sunday and fell 1-0 to D'Youville in game one before earning a 3-2 win in game two.
• The Knights were picked in a tie for fifth in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 0-10 last year.
• In their last full season in 2019, Queens went 7-30.
• The Knights snapped a 12-game losing streak with the win over D'Youville on Sunday.
• Queens is led at the plate by senior Marisa Sagona who is batting .323 with seven RBI and a team-high 20 hits. She also has seven stolen bases and seven runs scored. Senior Danielle D'Angelo has a team-high nine RBI with five runs and three doubles.
• Junior Noelle Bryggman is hitting .323 with nine runs to go with five stolen bases. Sophomore Cyarra Alvarado has a team-high 12 runs with five doubles and six RBI.
• The pitching staff is led by junior Emma Wimmer who is 2-10 with a 4.46 ERA in 75.1 innings with 41 strikeouts. Freshman Arianna Fracchioni is 1-9 with a 6.30 ERA in 63.1 innings with 18 strikeouts.